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The 30 Best Movies on Hulu This Week

From Master Gardener to Shaun of the Dead, these are the movies you need to watch on the streaming service right now.

Jennifer M. Wood and WIRED Staff

Video Games

Why Nintendo Kept Super Mario Bros. Wonder's New Mario Under Wraps

Megan Farokhmanesh

Play Time

The 15 Best Games on PlayStation Plus

Reece Rogers

Movies and TV

The 25 Best Horror Movies to Stream This Halloween—and Where to Watch Them

From old-school gore to modern day screams, these movies are sure to get you into the spirit of the season.

Jennifer M. Wood

Putting a Real Face on Deepfake Porn

Deepfake porn is on the rise. The new documentary Another Body is a gut-churning inside look at what it’s like for the women targeted.

Kate Knibbs

The 56 Best Movies on Disney+ Right Now

From The Little Mermaid to Haunted Mansion, here’s what you need to watch on the streaming platform.

Jennifer M. Wood and WIRED Staff

Netflix’s Password-Sharing Crackdown Is Working—for Now

A tough campaign to squash password-sharing appears to be working, according to Netflix’s latest earnings report.

Angela Watercutter and Will Bedingfield

Video Games

Assassin’s Creed Mirage Is Flashy and Fun but Does Its Setting a Disservice

Ubisoft's new entry in the Assassin's Creed series may be rooted in history, but it spends so much time on fiction that the real ancient world is barely a backdrop.

Saniya Ahmed

Super Mario Bros. Wonder Is the Face of Nintendo’s Transformation

On the heels of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, the new Mario game sets up Nintendo’s future as more than a video game company.

Megan Farokhmanesh

8 Tips for Playing Marvel’s Spider-Man 2

Insomniac’s new PlayStation 5 exclusive feels like an interactive blockbuster. Here’s some advice to help you swing into the action.

Reece Rogers

Starfield Dev Bethesda Just Lost One of Its Most Important Executives

After 24 years with the company and the launch of Starfield, Peter Hines, Bethesda’s head of publishing, is leaving.

Megan Farokhmanesh

Digital Culture

TikTok-Hyped Halloween Decor Is Out of Control

My feed is haunted by dangerous displays and an 8-foot-tall not-a-jack-o-lantern named Lewis, all grasping to go viral.

Angela Watercutter

Watch This Guy Work, and You’ll Finally Understand the TikTok Era

The creator economy is fragmented and chaotic. Talent manager Ursus Magana can (almost) make sense of it, with a frenetic formula for gaming the algorithms.

Brendan I. Koerner

A Chatbot Encouraged Him to Kill the Queen. It’s Just the Beginning

Companies are designing AI to appear increasingly human. That can mislead users—or worse.

Will Bedingfield

‘Someone Is Using Photos of Me to Talk to Men’

When disturbing online profiles appeared in her name, Melissa Trixie Watt was sure she knew who was behind the harassment. But she had to fight to get help from the police—and prove it in court.

Lindsay Jones